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China's 'Bandit King' given life term in 'massive' bribery case

Lai Changxing, dubbed the Bandit King, has been given a life sentence for years of smuggling and corruption that added up to billions of US dollars or Pounds sterling. The Chinese court described the values as "massive".

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Wikinews interviews John Wolfe, Democratic Party presidential challenger to Barack Obama

U.S. Democratic Party presidential candidate John Wolfe, Jr. of Tennessee took some time to answer a few questions from Wikinews reporter William S. Saturn.

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Fifteen players leave Bolton Wanderers F.C. after relegation

A total of fifteen players have left Bolton Wanderers F.C. after the club was relegated from England's Premier League at the end of the season.

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Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg marries girlfriend Priscilla Chan

Mark Zuckerberg, the 28-year-old founder of the social networking website Facebook, has married his girlfriend, Priscilla Chan.

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Raw Opals spend week preparing for London Games

This past week, an overstocked Australian Opals, the women's national basketball team, prepared for the 2012 Olympic Games in London with a weeklong training camp at the Australian Institute of Sport.

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